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Early 20th century watercolour drawing of a WW1 Dog Fight over Suzanne Aerodrome, framed with a manuscript account of the encounter and initialled C.P. 4.9.18; modern gilt frame; and a framed publisher's promotional photographic print of Lt.-Colonel W.A. Bishop V.C., D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., signed in the text (2)Condition Report:Both in good condition in modern frames.

Military related ephemera including copies of research material relating to various KIA and other servicemen; collection of WW2 manuscript letters from a soldier to his wife; coloured humorous print of bayonet training entitled 'The Recruit Who Took To It Kindly' in mount bearing multiple signatures and clip frame; Franklin Mint die-cast model of a Spitfire etcCondition Report:Condition varies but most in reasonably good condition.

HEINE HEINRICH.  Choice Poems, translated by J. W. Oddie. Ltd. ed. of only 25. Large paper. Qtr. vellum, soiled. Bookplate of R. H. Edmondson, Windermere, with a manuscript letter from Oddie to Edmondson. 1896.

ROYAL YACHT CLUB. Signals. Col. symbols, text illus. & 9 eng. plates of manoeuvres. Indexed Geographical List, Alphabet & Vocabulary. Dark morocco, gilt back with anchor devices, some internal spotting, old manuscript annotations. Bookplate of Joseph Gee of Cottingham (Hull ship-owners). Coupland, printer, Southampton, n.d. but maybe c.1860s. Condition:No loose pages, appears complete but unpaginated, so cannot confirm.  As images.

BRADDALL (?) MRS RALPH. Receipt Book. Manuscript cookery recipe book. Quarto. Well worn calf. From 1862.

KETTILBY MARY (Pubs). A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery ... by Several Hands. Rebacked calf. Worn cond., reps. & tear to final leaf & to an inserted manuscript leaf. 1734.

NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted) Gaudete, first English edition, light foxing to edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly sunned, light spotting to back panel, 1977 § Graves (Robert) Lars Porsena, one of 100 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, 1972 § Occasional Poets, edited by Richard Adams, first edition, proof copy belonging to contributor Neville Braybrooke, with letter signed by Richard Adams loosely inserted, slight creasing to some pages, occasional manuscript annotations, original cloth, dust-jacket; and 16 others, poetry, all first or first English editions, v.s. (19)

NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, bookplate of Shotton Hall to front pastedown, half title, illustrations by the author, hinges weak, extremities bumped, spine sunned, 1902 § [Dogson (Rev. Charles)], "Lewis Carroll". The Hunting of the Snark, half title, ownership inscriptions of "J. Kitchener, ap 7. 1876", "F.H. Cuppsaway for his Uncle's Library. Jul 6. 1915", and "Frances Marc for her uncle Jan. 1926", with manuscript booksellers' annotation, frontispiece, illustrations by Henry Holiday, edges gilt, corners bumped, spine detaching, 1876, first editions, original cloth, 4to and 8vo (2)

Maugham (William Somerset) Typed Letter signed to J. G. Lyons, 1p., Villa Mauresque, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, 13th December, 1962, thanking him for a poetic tribute he received; together with the typed tribute from the sender, and a printed income tax form for 1947-48, with manuscript entries, signed by Maugham, v.s., v.d. (3)

NO RESERVE Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Rebecca, love Roald Dahl" on front free endpaper, illustrations, some manuscript annotations, pages toned, original wrappers, extremities and spine slightly rubbed, 1978; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, first edition, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, spine sunned, dust-jacket, 1972 § Adams (Richard) Watership Down, first illustrated edition, illustrations by John Lawrence, folding map, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slightly rubbed at extremities, slip-case, 1976; and 13 others, children's, mostly first editions and some inscribed, v.s. (16)

Clergy Writings (D. Josua Stegmann 1588-1632): a rare antique manuscript, 8vo. leather bound with two brass page clasps, old Germanic text

'The Book of Kells'  - Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin (Thames & Hudson 1976)

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, German (1793-1879) Two original watercolours of Australian Birds: * A Transylvania Waterstone, * A Platycerus Flaviventris, with manuscript inscriptions, both from the series of drawings prepared for Reichenbach's Great Work in which he attempted to illustrate every bird in the world, the work ran to fourteen volumes between 1845 - 1862, mounted and with uniform frames, each 28cms x 22cms). (2)

Science Writer Nigel Calder Signed A4 Page of Manuscript in black ink. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

* Thomson (Hugh, 1860-1920). Original pen and ink illustration of 'Madame Duval accompanied by Monsieur Du Bois', from "Evelina" by Fanny Burney, 1903, pen & ink on wove paper, signed and dated at foot, 32 x 21.5 cm, framed and glazed with old and modern caption labels to verso (the original illustration was replicated in 'Evelina', London: Macmillan, 1903, p.81), together with:Cooke (William Cubitt, 1866-1951), 'Sir Clement's departure', from 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, monochrome watercolour wash heightened with bodycolour, signed and dated '92' lower right, 17 x 10 cm, laid-down on artist board, framed and glazed (the original illustration was replicated in 'Evelina', London: J.M. Dent, 1893, vol. 2, p.210), and Cooke (William Cubitt, 1866-1951), Lord Orville introduces himself, from 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, monochrome watercolour wash heightened with bodycolour, signed and dated '92' lower left, 18.5 x 13 cm, laid-down on artist board, framed and glazed with old manuscript caption to verso (the original illustration was replicated in 'Evelina', London: J.M. Dent, 1893, vol. 1, p.23),Dadd (Frank, 1851-1929), 'The Old Huntsman', monochrome watercolour and wash, signed with initials, 17 x 12 cm, framed and glazed, plus other original artwork, many for publications, including nine watercolour drawings by 'Kyd' (Joseph Clayton Clark) of characters from Dickens' works (five framed and glazed), and pen and ink sketches by C.E. Brock of two gentlemen entitled 'All herded together', dated 1910, and three pen and ink illustrations by Faith Jaques (1923-97), and four othersQTY: (21)NOTE:Provenance: Chris Viveash. The first item was purchased from Ian Hodgkins Ltd., Stroud, 14th June 2002. Catalogue 115, item 45.

* Cheshire. A manuscript lease indenture between Samuel Allen of Macclesfield, Cheshire and Samuel Allen, yeoman, for a six-month lease of a messuage or dwelling house at Milne Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, 20th March, [1759], vellum indenture, with applied red wax seal and mark of Samuel Allen, framed and double glazedQTY: (1)

Buchanan (George). A Detection of the Actions of Mary Queen of Scots, concerning the Murther of Her Husband, and Her Conspiracy, Adultery, and pretended Marriage with the Earl Bothwel. And a defence of the true Lords, maintainers of the King’s Majesties action and authority. Written in Latin by G. Buchanan. Translated into Scotch. And now made English, London: printed, and are to be sold by Richard Janeway, 1689, manuscript note to verso of title 'Bought at London 1691 price 1/3d', leaf K1 and final leaf L2 torn to upper outer corner and at head respectively with some text loss, bound with at front Mary (Queen of Scotland), The genuine letters of Mary Queen of Scots, to James Earl of Bothwell: found in his Secretary’s Closet after his Decease; and now in the Possession of a Gentleman of Oxford. Discovering the greatest and most secret Transactions of Her Time. Translated from the French originals, by Edward Simmonds, Late of Christ’s-Church College, Oxford. Never before made publick. To which is added, remarks on each letter, with an abstract of her life. In a letter to the bookseller, from an unknown hand, 2nd edition, Westminster [London]: Printed by A. Campbell for J. Millan, 1726, few ink marks to title margins, dust-soiling and browning throughout, 19th century half calf, slime 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:1. ESTC R4626 & Wing B5282.2. ESTC T40769.

Willis (Browne). A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and Bristol... London: R. Gosling, 1727, 20 engraved plates (19 folding), some browning and spotting, later cloth hinges, contemporary gilt panelled calf, brown morocco reback and corner repairs, extremities worn, 4to, together with:[Rauthmell, Richard], Antiquitates Bremetonacenses: or, The Roman Antiquities of Overborough, 1st edition, London: Henry Woodfall, 1746, five engraved plates (three folding), old ink stamp to verso of title, some toning and scattered spotting, occasional light dust-soiling, front free endpaper torn and detached, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 4to,[Salmon, Nathaniel], Roman Stations in Britain, according to the Imperial Itinerary, upon the Watling Street, Ermine Street, Ikening, or, Via ad Icianos. So far as any of these Roads lead through the following Counties, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, London: J. Roberts, 1726, bound with [Salmon, Nathaniel], A Survey of the Roman Antiquities in some of the Midland Counties of England, London: John Wilford, 1726, early manuscript annotation at head of title, occasional early annotations throughout volume, some browning and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, lower joint cracked, upper joint spit and board attachment weak, light wear to extremities, 8vo, plus three others including The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, 1785, Paterson's British Itinerary ... by Captn. Daniel Paterson, volume 2 only, 1785, and Walks through Wales by Thomas Evans, 1819QTY: (6)

Bainbridge (George C.) The Fly Fisher's Guide, illustrated by coloured plates, representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies, accurately copied from nature, 1st edition, Liverpool: printed for the author by G.F. Harris's widow and brothers, 1816, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, last four plates with each fly identified in manuscript, leaves towards end with manuscript month of the year to margins, some toning to frontispiece and title, occasional light spotting, contemporary green half calf, spine faded, edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 21.

Loader (T. B. & Ashton J. publishers). The Illustrated Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography, Science, Commerce and Statistics, circa 1850, calligraphic title page with near-contemporary manuscript ownership signature, advertisement and table of contents, nineteen (complete) colour lithographic double-page maps, comparison plates and tables, text block detached, lacking spine, boards detached, contemporary morocco gilt, heavily, worn, frayed and rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

London. Mogg (Edward). The Strangers Guide to London and Westminster, Exhibiting all the various Alterations & Improvements to the Present Time, Jany. 1st 1811, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 410 x 570 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's printed labels to both sidings and an old auction lot label to the upper cover, slight wear t the extremities of the slipcase, together with Aikin (John). The History of the Environs of London..., John Stockdale, 1811, title page with old ink library stamp, five uncoloured engraved county maps by J. Stockdale, one folding engraved map of the course of the River Thames with ink library stamp to recto, one single sheet map and fifteen uncoloured topographical plates, library stamps to the verso of some plates and maps, later endpapers with old library adhesions and stamps, modern cloth binding, 4to, with Bacon (G. W. & Co. Ltd. publishers). Bacon's Library Map of the Environs of London, circa 1920, large colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 960 x 1445 mm, marbled endpapers with old library stamps to the verso, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with gilt title and crude additional manuscript (pencil) annotations to the upper cover, plus Booth (Charles). Labour and Life of the People, Appendix to volume 2, Williams and Northgate, 1891, appendix and tables with a loose folding colour lithographic map "Map Shewing Degrees of Poverty in London in Areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each Compiled from Information collected in 1889 - 1890", the whole laid on linen, toned overall, split and worn along old folds, 635 x 865 mm, publisher's cloth, worn at extremities, boards marked and scuffed, spine toned, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:The first described item. Howgego, The Printed Maps of London, number 238, state 4. Sold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return.

* Earlom (Richard). [James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox], J. Boydell, September 1st 1773, mezzotint on laid paper, a fine dark early impression, after Anthony van Dyck, very slight spotting, faint corner crease, thread margins, 510 x 358 mm, together with:Watson (Thomas), Miss Elizabeth Ann Cooper & Master Frederick Grey Cooper, Children of Grey Cooper Esqr, published for W. Shropshire, March 20th 1775, mezzotint after D. Gardner, some spotting but largely confined to margins, manuscript annotation (possibly a collector's number) to upper right margin, 345 x 405 mm, sheet size 460 x 485 mmQTY: (2)

* Gill (Eric, 1882-1940). Madonna and Child with Children (2nd State), 1925, wood engraving, numbered 39/50, signed in pencil to lower right, image size 11.4 x 7.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/8 ins), framed and glazed (25.5 x 21 cm) framing label to verso with 'From Petra's Collection' in manuscriptQTY: (1)NOTE:Physick 341.

2 interesting bound manuscript volumes being Notes kept by Captain R Sadleir RA, cover labels lettered "Notes on Artillery Long Cause of 1864/5" copious pages of ink written notes and articles, well executed watercolours of artillery fuzes, etc, also ink drawings of elevations, diagrams, etc, some laid down engraved illustrations from text books, well bound in 2 4to size hard cover volumes, retaining original gilt lettered title labels, blue half morocco. GC (some scuffing to covers) £80-100

Books. 5 shelves of general stock, including two of The Globe Tea Company's paying-in books, for their account with Parre's Leicestershire Banking Company, Limited, Loughborough, each printed and inscribed in ink manuscript, dated from 1894-97, cloth over marbled boards, 8vo, Nightingale's Staffordshire, Volume XII: No. XIV from the Beauties of England and Wales, London: J. and J. Cundey, n.d. [c. 1810], engravings, original publisher's blue wrappers, 8vo, Fortescue (Mary Teresa), The History of Calwich Abbey, London: Simpkin & Co., Limited, [1915], cloth, 8vo, further Staffordshire history and topography, Automobilia, Jaguar Cars 3.5 Litre Mark VII Model maintenance book, [n.d.], stained, original wrappers, 8vo, Gale & Polden's Military Series, Anderson-Pelham (Capt. C.H., Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry), Questions & Answers for Cavalry, Imperial Yeomanry, and Mounted Infantry, third edition, London, n.d. [?1905], original wrappers, small 8vo, further pamphlets, Trall's Sexual Physiology, a defective copy of Cooke's One Thousand Objects for the Microscope 1869, further antiquarian and leather bindings and stock, art history, children's, LPs/records, etc.

Books. 18 shelves of general stock, including Heaney (Seamus), Field Work, first edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1979, dustjacket over cloth, sunned/bleached in places, 8vo, further Seamus Heany, modern and other poetry, a late Victorian manuscript friendship album, original cloth, 4to, 13 English Ceramic Circle Transactions for 1929 onwards, Meccano Magazines, some engineering, Christie's Forbes Collection of Victorian Paintings Parts I-III February 2003, archaeology, architecture, Walter Crane's Baby's Bouquet, children's annuals, books and vintage/retro comics, early 20th century and later literature and history, topography, Fortune Press, etc.

Royalty, Auction/Sale Catalogues. Christie's:~ Property from the Collection of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, two-volume set, 13-14 June 2006, illustrated throughout, original wrappers, large 4to, Sotheby's:~ The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, 2-3 April 1987, illustrated, pictorial dustjacket over green cloth, 4to, a further two books, non-royal, comprising Antique English Porcelain Collecting, a mid-20th century collector's photographically-illustrated manuscript collection catalogue, [35]ff, principally First Period/Dr Wall period Worcester, some mention of Bow and Oriental wares, approx. 25 photographs, a couple with the collection in situ within cabinets, inscribed in ink manuscript, original brown cloth, ledger, 4to, erotic photography, (5)

French School - Portrait miniature of a Gentleman, half-length, turned to dexter, dressed in the 18th century fashion, watercolour on ivory, 10.2 x 8cm, gilt and composition frame extensively annotated in manuscript to verso Please note Mellors & Kirk have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot. Ref: ZDU7HUBW The ivory panel in good condition, with no cracks. Fresh colours. The frame with some wear and evident over-painting.

Miscellaneous  manuscripts and ephemera, comprising two late 18th/early 19th c manuscript music books for piano duets, titled Primo and Secondo respectively, inscribed by Thomas Oldham, each with [12]ff of 'sheet' music and musical notation, and including the composers Corelli and Handel, the contents lightly soiled in places, not affecting legibility, original paper wrappers, somewhat stained and rubbed, oblong 4to, a Victorian family's manuscript account of their parlour games, 15pp only, n.d., original wrappers, four early 20th century and later auction sale particulars &/or advertising posters for Leicestershire properties, a bundle of 19th century and later vellum, parchment and paper indentures and deeds, an Edwardian sepia photograph of working men and a boiler, mounted, another three contemporary photographs, a W.W. Greener Ltd. Fine Guns  brochure, c. 1920, etc.

Prussian Manuscript Geneaological Grant of Arms and Pedigree of the Counts von Dyhrn dated 1797, on vellum, granted by Friedrich King of Prussia, probably for Ernst, Prussian chancellor, including two painted representations of family armorial, addenda for subsequent family, and Brighton undertaker's bill for family member, 1891

A Sinhalese palm leaf manuscript,possibly Sri Lankan, 39 inscribed leaves held between two wood covers,47cm longCondition ReportTears, rips, staining, and fading consistent with age.

A Qajar lacquered papier-mâché panel,19th century, Iran, possibly a book or manuscript cover, decorated throughout with hyacinths, to the verso with an unfinished portrait of a man, 41 x 26cmtogether with a painted and papier-mâché Kashmiri Sarangi, early 19th century, India, throughout with gilt foliate decoration,45cm longCondition ReportThe Sarangi with substantial damages and losses. The Qajari panel with cracks to the lacquer throughout. With restoration to one corner. With some chips to the edges.

This is a first edition of Tennyson’s first published work, written in collaboration with his brother Charles when they were just teenagers. The title is Poems, By Two Brothers. Alfred and Charles Tennyson, London: Printed For W. Simpkin And B. Marshall, Stationers’-Hall-Court; And J. And J. Jackson, Louth. MDCCCXXVII [1827], in a fine binding by F. Bedford, with five raised bands, six gilt-ruled compartments with a gilt title and gilt floral devices on the panels and “1827” at the heel of the spine, with gilt French fillet borders on crushed green morocco, beautiful gilt dentelles on the front free paste-down and burgundy endpapers, the imprint at the end reads “Louth: Printed By J. and J. Jackson, Market-Place”, the top edge is gilt and all the edges of the binding are lined in double gilt fillets too. There’s a blank page on the reverse of the title page, followed by an Advertisement which was basically an apology in case people didn’t like the poems - the poems were written when they were just fifteen and eighteen - and the kids were tickled pink when the Jacksons paid them 20 pounds for the manuscript, a surprisingly large sum for unknown authors; the Jacksons were obviously convinced of its merit, but the poems were published anonymously, probably because Alfred and his brothers weren’t certain of the success of the book. (Alfred’s brother Fredrick wrote four of the poems, but modestly removed himself from the title, if that means anything.) Lo and behold, Alfred went on to become Poet Laureate of England in 1850 and remained Poet Laureate for 42 years during Queen Victoria’s reign, and the future Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the most renowned poet of the Victorian era. The book is 228 pages long, 8vo., and measures 7 7/8 x 5 in. wide, the binding is tight and the pages are clean, with just traces of rubbing along the spines and lightly pencilled notes on a front free endpaper and on blank endpapers at the rear. Still, an exquisite first edition of Tennyson’s first published work, scarce and hard to find.

The Tale of King Coustans the Emperor Of Byance, written and bound by William Morris in 1894 at the Kelmscott Press near London and rebound in Ulwar, India, circa just after the book was printed at Kelmscott. The book is in an exquisite Persian-style binding that comes from Ulwar, India. The book binder was Qari Abdurrahman’s Sons, from the state of Ulwar, where some of the best binding was done in India in the late 1800’s. The covers are beautifully decorated in gold leaf with geometric patterns in blue and burgundy on front and back, and with the wonderful William Morris illuminated manuscript style inside. The Kelmscott Press printed 525 copies of “The Tale of King Coustans the Emperor” on hand-made paper, and an additional 20 on vellum, and the Persian binding just adds to the magnificence of this book and tale. We’ve never seen any other copies in this Persian-style binding, and the covers are probably a unique binding, created only for one client. This book is part of a series of medieval French stories produced and translated by William Morris in the 1890’s. It tells the story of the Emperor of Byzantium, who heard a prophecy that a child would marry his daughter and succeed him as emperor. Angered by the prophecy, the Emperor ordered the child in question to be killed and buried in the woods. The knight tasked with murdering the child decided not to bury the child’s body, instead he would leave it at a monastery. The child was found here by the abbot, who healed his wounds and baptized him Coustans. Coustans grows up at the monastery, and when the Emperor hears that Coustans is still alive, summons him to court. The Emperor employs Coustans to deliver a sealed letter to the commander of Byzantium; the letter tells the commander to kill the bearer of the letter. Upon arriving at the city, Coustans wanders into a garden and falls asleep. He is found by the Emperor’s daughter, who switches the letter to one asking the commander to arrange a marriage between Coustans and her, which he does at once. Coustans then fulfills the prophecy and succeeds the Emperor upon his death, converting the city to Christianity and renaming it Constantinople. In its way, this romantic folk tale is actually about how Byzantium - Byance - became the famed city of Constantinople. William Morris (1834 - 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, and writer associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, and a major influence on the revival of traditional textile arts in Britain. He designed and illuminated books by hand and was recognized as one of the most important cultural figures of the Victorian Era, and posthumously became famous for his textile and book designs. He collaborated with Emery Walker to found the Kelmscott Press in 1891, and the press only operated for eight years. It got its name from Kelmscott Manor, Morris's home in Oxfordshire, and the rarity of books published by Morris and the Kelmscott Press cannot be overstated. It only published fifty-three books between 1891 and 1898; each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited editions, and usually illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. Kelmscott books sought to replicate the style of fifteenth-century printing and were part of the Gothic revival movement. The Press closed shortly after Morris's death. The book is 130 pages long and measures 5 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. wide, a first edition printed in a limited run, in an exquisite one-of-a kind binding. See Persian And Indian Bookbinding by Thomas Holbein Hendley, Surgeon Lieut-Col., in the Journal of Indian Art, 1886 - 1916, London, Issues 38 - 45, pages 77 -106.

Emma Lady Hamilton, An Old Story Re-told By Hilda Gamlin, With Portraits, Facsimiles And Other Illustrations, Liverpool, Edward Howell, 28 Church Street, London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited MDCCCXCI [1891], Printed by Edward Howell from Liverpool. The book is 3/4 bound, with five raised bands, six gilt-ruled compartments with gilt titles, gilt devices, and “1891” in gilt at the bottom of the spine, green boards, green marbled endpapers, a black and white portrait and a colored portrait of Emma Lady Hamilton before the title page, a Preface by Hilda Gamlin after the title page, then a List of Illustrations, the Contents, and the text is 299 pages long, including the Index at the rear. There are 47 plates altogether, including the two frontis portraits of Lady Hamilton, and the top edge is gilt. The author lived on the Wirral peninsula in Northwest England, where Lady Hamilton was born. Hilda Gamlin was able to collect rare manuscript sources and include rarely seen pictorial material that she was able to put into this book, and in some ways, the book was an apology to Lady Hamilton for the way she was maligned by many critics, but that was well after Lady Hamilton died. Gamlin also wrote Nelson’s Friendships, so she was well versed in the life of Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton. Emma Lady Hamilton was born Amy Lyon in Neston, a village on the Wirral Peninsula, and was an English maid, model, dancer and actress before she came into the limelight.She began her career in London'sdemi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, and eventually became the mistress of Lord Nelson, which is a story unto  itself. In 1791, at the age of 26, she married Sir William Hamilton, British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples, where she became a success at court, befriending the queen, who was a sister of Marie Antoinette, and where she met Lord Nelson. She was unable to have children with Sir William, Nelson returned to Naples a few years later, and the rest is history. Nelson and Lady Hamilton fell in love, even though he was married to someone else at the time - Emma was too. They soon began an affair, and as Sir William’s health declined, they moved in together at Merton, an estate Nelson bought  after being prompted by Lady Hamilton to buy it - and Sir William moved in with them because of his declining health. He didn’t object to the affair between Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, and things took a turn for the better when Sir William died. It sounds like a soap opera, and probably was, and when Lord Nelson was killed at Trafalgar in 1805, she was devastated - they had a deep love for each other. She was eventually forced to sell Merton because she couldn’t afford the bills, she lived near poverty for the last few years of her life - she even spent two years in debtor’s prison with her daughter, Horatia, named after her father Lord Nelson - and Emma was a most remarkable person.  The book is a large 4to. and measures 11 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. wide, with light rubbing at the crown, along the edges of the spine, and at the tips, light pencilled notes on the front free endpapers and light offset from the plates once in a while, and still a great resource about the life of Emma Lady Hamilton. And if you’re wondering why she was not called Lady Nelson, she was married to Sir William Hamilton, and that’s how she got the title Emma Lady Hamilton. 

Sir William Monsons Naval Tracts: in Six Books, Containing, 1. A Yearly Account of the English and Spanish Fleets, during the War in Queen Elizabeth’s time; with Remarks on the Actions on both sides. 2. Actions of the English under King James the First, and Discourses upon that Subject. 3. The Office of the Lord High Admiral of England, and of all the Ministers and Officers under him; with other Particulars to that purpose. 4. Discoveries and Enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses; and several other remarkable Passages and Observations. 5. Divers Projects and Stratagems, tender’d for the good of the Kingdom. 6. Treats [Treaties] of Fishing to be set up on the Coast of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Benefit that will accrue by it to all His Majesty’s Three Kingdoms: With many other things concerning Fish, Fishing, and Matters of that Nature. The Whole from the Original Manuscript; Never Before Published. London, for A. and J. Churchill. 1703. Monson was a successful captain in the war with Spain, and this is a first edition, with all six books included here. We thought some pages were missing in the last book, but discovered that the printer had mispaginated some pages in Book VI. Pages 537 suddenly skips to page 550, and we thought pages 538 to 549 were missing, but the second column of page 537 speaks of pirates, and the conversation is continued on the very next page, even though the next page is misnumbered. (On 537, Monson speaks of meeting a pirate named Tucker, and Monson continues to speak about Tucker on the next page, but it is misnumbered 550 instead of 538.) If this were a later edition, the misnumbered pages would have been corrected, and since the errors have not been corrected, this is clearly a first edition of Monson’s Tracts. The front of the book begins with the title page, then the Preface, followed by a five-page detailed description of the Contents of each book, then a five-page epistle to his son, and the first page of Book I is numbered 169 - and that is apparently correct, because the page numbers of the book match the page numbers in the table of contents. The first page of text on the contents page for Book I is 169, and Book I begins on page 169 - why it doesn’t start on page I we don’t know, but it is accurate. The first page of Book I is number 169. The book has six raised bands, with gilt titles on a red label and gilt devices in five of the six compartments, brown calf covers, blank endpapers, and the title page and all follow after that. The text is in double columns, and the last paste-down endpaper has a bookbinder’s label from C.S. Carpenter of Shrewsbury, Mass. Monson (1569-1643) ran away to sail the seas when he was just sixteen. He saw action in a privateer again the Spanish, then became second-in-command of a ship when he was just twenty. He saw action against the Spanish again and helped capture a rich Spanish ship - and was captured afterwards in another encounter with the Spanish and spent time in captivity. He was knighted in 1596 and led a fleet of Queen Elizabeth’s ships against the Spanish again, and this time he captured the same Spanish commander who had taken him prisoner ten years earlier. He was elected to Parliament in 1601 and was named Admiral of the Narrow Seas in 1604, and In 1614 he was sent to repress Barbary pirates who marauded the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. He saw no further active service till 1635, so he retired and spent the last years of his life writing these Tracts. He retired under a cloud, but his writings are reputed to be the first work of naval history recorded by a major participant. The Tracts were first published in the third volume of Churchill's Voyages, but they have been edited and reprinted for the Navy Record Society by M. Oppenheim, and Monson’s memoirs are regarded as the best account of naval life and activities in the late Elizabethan period, combining historical narrative with his suggestions for the improvement of the country's maritime resources, and his writings are one of the best authorities for the naval history of the early 17th century”. National Maritime Museum Cat. V, 349. Sabin 13015 (Churchill). His Tracts also contain valuable and early information on European fisheries, including whaling. The book measures 12 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. wide, the binding is tight and secure, and the text is very clean. An exceptionally rare first edition of British naval history written by an actual participant when the British navy was in its infancy.

A box of assorted prints to include topographical engravings, manuscript pages, botanical studies etc

An early manuscript, possibly Persian or Arabic, painted with figures, framed and glazed. 12.5 x 17.5 cm.

An 18th century Persian manuscript page, 21 x 13cm

Fourteen football programmes for International matches 1949-66 including England v Ireland Youth International at Boothferry Park Hull May 14th 1949; eight England v Scotland at Wembley, Hampden Park, Newcastle etc; England v Portugal October 25th 1961; England v Austria May 10th 1967 etc (14)Condition Report:Condition varies but most in good condition with usual slight rusting of staples and some manuscript team changes.Two signatures to Hampden Park programme cover.

Fulham F.C. programmes - twenty-seven home matches 1949/50 - 1957/58; and two photocopies of memorabilia itemsCondition Report:Condition is consistent with age and use with the usual rusting of staples and about half with manuscript team changes.Some with traces of vertical pocket folding.

West Ham United - eight 1940s/50s home programmes for 1947/48 - 1951/52 and another for 1986/87 and two team photographs; together with eight Tottenham Hotspur home programmes 1952/53 - 1976/77 (17)Condition Report:Condition of most is reasonable consistent with age and use and general grubbiness with traces of pocket folding.Most are folded single sheets so no staple problems.Some manuscript team changes.Pin holes to top left corner of some programmes.

Gourmands.- Pond (Richard Radcliffe) "A Sketch." A Good-natured semi-satirical description of several of the most prominent gentlemen, who have been christened by God Bacchus (Fancy a pagan deity performing the ceremony of baptism!!!), author's ownership stamp at head of p.3, ?authorial manuscript key to identities of characters to verso of title and corrections to text, family presentation inscription to verso of front free endpaper, obliterated note to final verso, some spotting and staining, original limp morocco, rubbed, no place, no printer [?privately printed], 3rd September, 1868 § Sturgeon (Lancelot) Essays, moral, philosophical, and stomachical, on the important science of good-living, first edition, engraved frontispiece, L3 lower corner torn away, not affecting text, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, original boards, original printed label to spine, lightly soiled, [Bitting p.452; Cagle 1012; Oxford p.151; Simon BG 1422], rare in commerce, Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822; and 17 others, similar, diet, and history of food & drink, v.s. (19)⁂ The first mentioned, which is dedicated to members of the 'Bacchanalian Club', is unrecorded.

World.- Story (F. Fawcett) Australian Economic Cookery Book and Housewife's companion, photographic frontispiece with advertisement verso, manuscript recipe at end, small marginal hole to frontispiece, some spotting, original cloth, spine gilt, Sydney, Kealy & Philip, 1900 § Liu (Dolly) "Chow". Secrets of Chinese Cooking, frontispiece, plates, original pictorial boards, gilt, dust-jacket, short splits to joint ends, corners little worn, lightly soiled, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1939; and 12 others, world cuisines, including an interesting ?early 20th century Chinese work in the vernacular, v.s. (14)

Cookery, Household & Medical.- Hawtrey (Anne, daughter of Ralph Hawtrey, of Eastcote House, Ruislip, Middlesex, c. 1626-1727, second wife of Sir Charles Blois, of Grundisburgh Hall and Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suffolk, 1657-1738, 1669-1727) Mrs Anne Hawtreys Recipe Book, manuscript in several hands, 182pp., a few reverse entries, a few recipes laid down, inscribed on front free endpaper by Hawtrey: "I give it to my daughter Ann Blois", slightly browned, one letter (from the Rev. George Turner, rector of Kettleburgh) and a few manuscript recipes loosely inserted, original panelled reverse calf, folio, [1689 - 18th century].⁂ A very fine cookery and medical recipe book from the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries.Recipes including: "to make a Sack Posset"; "to stew tripe"; "to make an oatmeal puding"; "to make Almon Custerds"; "to make Minced pyes... take two pounds of befe..."; "to make nettle Cheese thin"; "to make runnett [rennett]"; "buttered rabits or chicklings"; "to make A thick Cheese"; "to make Creme Caudle"; "To make Wiggs"; "to make plum Suger Cakes"; "to Make Cowslip wine"; "to make Lemon wine"; "almond butter of rice... Sett a quart of thick Cream one the fire..."; "to cure the bite of a mad dog"; "to lay to the feet to draw from the head in fevours"; "A very good thing to due the face with after the small pox"; "Dr Lowers preparation of Steel"; "for the jandus [Jaundice]"; "simpathitot powder";"Sr John Hollands Hunny drink for a Consumption"; "Dr lowers recipe for ye Giddiness in the head"; "Salve to draw out thornes"; "Dr Bates his red powder... take dragons, tormentels..."; "to Cure a speck in ye eye" etc.

Cookery recipes.- [?Craven (Elizabeth, wife of second Baron Craven of Hampsted Marshall, of Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, 1668-1711, 1679-1704)] The Lady Cravens Receipt-Booke, manuscript, title and 28pp. excluding blanks, all of which numbered in manuscript, 6pp. index at beginning, title and front free endpaper loose, text block breaking loose, slightly browned, engraved bookplate of William Lord Craven on front pastedown, original panelled calf, corners bumped, upper cover detached, lower cover working loose, spine split, Arms of Amsterdam watermark, folio, [c. 1700].⁂  Recipes including: "To Make Pistacho Cream"; "To Make Pippin Marmelet - Mrs. R"; "To Make Rattafia Cakes"; "To Order Bacon Like Westfalia"; "To Make Peloe"; "To Pickle Purslin"; "How to Make Thick Butter"; "Lord Craven How to dresse a Carpe Pike or Tench"; "Lord Craven How to Make white Pudding"; "New Colledge Puddings" etc. 

British ambassador to The Hague during the War of the Spanish Succession.- [Townshend (Charles, second Viscount Townshend, politician, diplomatist, and agricultural innovator, "Turnip Townshend", 1674-1738)] La Depence du mois D'Aust... Septembr... octobre... Novembr... decembr... Janvier... fevrier... Maart, manuscript accounts, in French, 8 titles and 128pp., ruled in red throughout, later endpapers, André Simon's copy with his ALS bookplate on front pastedown, letter from G. van Lennep & Co., Amsterdam to André Simon and 5pp. of manuscript notes by ?Simon loosely inserted, 20th century half calf, gilt panelled spine, morocco label on spine, folio, 1710-11.⁂ An interesting set of accounts of part of Townshend's tenure as ambassador-extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United Provinces a The Hague. Townshend had been appointed in 1709 to the most important diplomatic post in Europe at the time by the influence of John Duke of Marlborough. In the same year as his appointment Townshend negotiated the much derided Barrier Treaty, securing Dutch allegiance to the war against France. By 1710 both Britain and France were growing weary of war and when the government changed and the Tories swept back into power, Townshend was recalled in March 1711.These accounts concern the securing of provisions for the ambassador's embassy with costs of transportation included. Items include fish, chicken, vegetables, beef, coffee and spirits. In August 1710 the accounts include an order for beer costing £103 and 100 stoops of wine at 24/- per stoop £120; also incidentals such as using a postillion from Rotterdam etc.Provenance: André Louis Simon (1877-1970), writer on wine and food.

Cookery recipes.- [Reading (Mrs. Mary)] [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands (first 45pp. in an 18th century hand presumably of Mary Reading, the rest in a 19th century hand), title and 63pp. excluding blanks, numerous loose recipes pasted in on ff., ruled in red throughout, engraved bookplate of Samuel Pope stationer (dressed as a pope) on front pastedown, original vellum, soiled, Pro Patria watermark, sm. 4to, 1713-1834.⁂ Recipes include: "How to Stew Carps"; "To Make Scotch Collops"; "To pickle lemmons wch: afterwards may be preserved are likewise good to mix with a Grand Sallad if minced"; "To Make Hipocrass"; "To Make Almond Butter Look White"; "To Make Sugar Plate"; "To Make Aqua Mirabilis"; "To Make French Bread"; "To Make a Batlalia Pye"; "To Make a Sack possett" etc.

Cookery & Domestic.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, mostly in two hands, 367pp., several illustrations, bookseller and stationer's printed advertisement "Chudleigh" laid down on front pastedown, slightly browned, original half morocco, rubbed, joints splitting, spine worn, sm. 4to, dated in text 1753- 1825 [late 18th - early 19th centuries].⁂ Recipes including: "To Destroy Worms in Pleasure Grounds, Gravel Walks, Pots &c. by D. Macdougall... 1825 10s/6d the Receipt"; "Oil for Mahogany Furniture 1790"; "Cabbages to... cultivate &c."; "G;oucester Cheese"; "North Wiltshire Cheese"; A Catalogue of Cyder Apples in Herefordshire and Devonshire by Hugh Stafford Esqr. of Pynes in Devonshire, 1753" etc.

Cookery & Domestic.- Morton (née Roberts, Mary Anne) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c. 125pp. including index and excluding blanks, in at least two hands, some manuscript recipes loosely inserted, some recipes copied from newspapers and magazines, 1f. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, some recipes loosely inserted, original vellum, soiled, sm. 4to, 1794-1816.⁂ Recipes including: "Orange Wine"; "Lemon Wine"; "Preserve Green Pippins"; "Almond Pudding bak'd or boil'd"; "To Stew Breast of Veal"; "Calf Foot Pye"; "Mead"; "Currant Sirup"; "Tea Cakes Miss Johnson"; "Calf Head hash"; "Asthma and Gravel"; "For the Hooping Cough" etc.

Cookery & Medical.- Sperling (Mrs.) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 177pp. including index, a few newspaper cuttings laid down, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, joints splitting but holding oblong 8vo (117 x 190mm.), 1799 & [early 19th century].⁂ Recipes including: "Buttermilk Pudding"; "Fruit Biscuits"; "Muffins"; "Milk lemonade excelt"; "Minced Piers Lady Charlemont"; "An Omlet"; "A Haggis for the poor"; "Typhus Fever"; "For the Eyes, When Inflamed, Mr Burroughs Clifton"; "For the lumbago"; "Syrup of Violets for coughs Mrs Colville" etc.

Cookery, Domestic & Medical.- [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 320pp. including index and excluding blanks, in several hands, slightly browned, bookplate of Lt. Col. P. Phipps on front pastedown, original red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed, corners bumped, brass clasp, upper cover detached, oblong 8vo (132 x 230mm.), 1799-1879.⁂ Recipes including: "Almond Custards"; "White Rock Cream"; "Lemon Curd"; "A Richmond Pudding"; "Hunters Pudding"; "Good Pound Cake, or Queen Cakes"; "Orange Jam"; "A Cheap Mock Turtle Soup"; "Milk Punch"; "Giblet Soup"; "Orange Marmalade"; "To paint on Vellum"; "To Make Hair Powder"; "To Cure the bite of a Snake"; "Mustard Whey - For the Rheumatism"; "For Chilblains" etc.

Cookery & Medical.- Parish (Mrs, of Bear Wood, ?near Wokingham, Berkshire) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, in several hands, c. 300pp., several manuscript recipes bound in, printed recipe "Mrs. Wowen's Ginger Wine" laid down on front pastedown, later calf-backed boards, sm. 4to, [c. 1800]-45.⁂ Recipes including: "A Bread Pudding"; "Duke of Buckingham's Pudding"; "Derbyshire Pudding - Bear Wood"; "Potato Cheesecakes"; "Staffordshire Syllabubs"; "Oxford Cheese"; "Dutch Fish Sauce"; "To make a Curry"; "Pear Jelly"; "Orange Brandy"; "Eye Lotion S.S. P-S. Esq"; "For the Hooping Cough - Mr. Collins"; "For Jaundice"; "Strengthening Pills" etc.

Cookery & Domestic.- Cobbe (Frances Power, writer, campaigner for women's rights and anti-vivisectionist, of Hengwrt House, Peniarth, 1822-1904).- Cobbe (Frances, née Conway, 1777-1847, wife of Charles Cobbe, of Newbridge House, co. Dublin, 1781-1857) Receipts [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 150pp. excluding blanks, inscribed: "Thomas Cobbe left me by my dear Mother Feb. 1847... Frances Power Cobbe...", bookplate of Frances Power Cobbe of Hengwrt, inscriptions and bookplate on front free endpaper, slightly browned, original boards, later morocco spine, dulled, sm. 4to, 1806-32.⁂ Recipes including: "Damson Cakes"; "Nectar... Take 30 Oranges & 30 Lemons..."; "Pig Sauce"; "To Pickle Walnuts"; "Cherry Brandy"; "Shrewsbury Cakes"; "Lobster Sauce"; "Lemon Bread Pudding"; "Red Round"; "Receipts purchased of George Power For cleaning Mahogany...."; "To Pollish Tortoise Shell"; "Cement, or Glue to mend China & Glass" etc."Cobbe was a person of considerable energy and enthusiasm with a great enjoyment of life. Her concern for animals caused her to refuse to decorate her hats with feathers, but she had no sympathy for vegetarianism or teetotalism, seeing them as an indication of the diminution of the vitality and animal spirits which had characterized the world of her youth. She always relished social occasions, especially dinner parties, she insisted, because even if the company was lacklustre she could entertain herself with her knife and fork. Cobbe's most important contribution to nineteenth-century feminism lay in her attempts to set out a feminist ethic, developed most extensively in The Duties of Women (1881). One reviewer described her as the person who 'excepting John Stuart Mill, ... has done more than anyone else to give the dignity of principle to the women's movement' (Life of Frances Power Cobbe, Academy, 46, 1894)." - Oxford DNB.

Cookery.- Austen (Mrs.).- Lowndes (Mrs.) Mrs Lowndes receipt Book, manuscript, 178pp. including index and excluding blanks, mostly in one hand, a few later one inscribed ""Chelwood Rectory 1876", ruled in red throughout, some ff. working loose, slightly browned and stained, original half morocco, worn, spine crudely repaired with tape, 4to, 1818.Recipes including (5 recipes ascribed to a Mrs Austen): "Rich Gravy Soup Mrs. Austen"; "Rich Peas Soup Mrs. Austen"; "Orange Jelly Mrs. Austen; "Hare Soup Mrs. Austen"; "Mock Turtle Soup Mrs. Austen"; "A Baked Apple Pudding"; "Raspberry Cream"; "To make Damson Cheese"; "All hail Economy) To make one Chicken go as far as two" etc.?Perhaps Cassandra Leigh Austen (1739-1828), Jane Austen's mother; Cassandra was known to have had several teeth removed: perhaps she found it easier to eat soups and jellies.

Cookery.- Seymour (Annie, of Cadlington Hall, near Horndean, Hampshire) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 55pp. including index and excluding blanks, in a variety of hands, some recipes laid down on ff., others loosely inserted, original half straight-grain morocco, rubbed, 1847-88; and 5 other cookery manuscripts, sm. 4to & 8vo (6).⁂ First mentioned recipes including: "Wafer Pudding"; "Parmesan Puffs"; "Spieced Beef"; "Potatoe Pudding"; "Ginger Bread Loaf"; "Strawberry Acid... Miss Luscombe"; "Burnt Sugar Pudding"; "Queen Mab's Pudding"; "Scalloped eggs" etc.

Cookery.- Remington (Mary, of Aynsome Manor, Cartmel, Cumbria) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c. 110pp. excluding blanks, mostly in one hand, reverse entries, original half straight-grain morocco, rubbed, sm. 4to, 1860; and 5 other cookery manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (6).⁂ Recipes including: "To make a good Housekeeper"; "Potato Soup"; "Green Gooseberry Wine"; "To make Beer"; "To make Scotch Cake"; "Bakewell Pudding"; "Everton Toffy"; "Lemon Sponge"; "Rice Croquetts"; "Lobster Pudding"; "Seville Orange Tart"; "Marlborough Pudding"; "Apple Marmalade"; "Red Currant Jelly" etc.

NO RESERVE Ginger Ale.- Brighton.- Begg (John) Group of manuscript recipes and licences allowing Mr. Shelvey of Brighton to manufacture and sell Begg's Ginger Ale, including 'John Begg's Ginger Ale. Recipe for eight gallons elixir', and letters from Begg's addressing issues with mixes, etc., folds, 3 pieces torn with loss (1 of which the engraved billhead), some spotting or staining, v.p., v.s., 1887-1888 (14 pieces)

NO RESERVE Spirits.- Henty & Constable Ltd, Westgate Brewery (of Westgate, Chichester, West Sussex) Account Book of Spirits Sent out of Stock, manuscript on printed pages, c. 260pp., 1f. and front free endpaper excised, original calf-backed boards, labels on covers (1 with address: "GE Borrall, 30 Grifford Road, New Bosham"), folio, 1947-48.⁂ Supplying pubs, the Royal British Legion etc.

David (Elizabeth).- Photographic portrait of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, signed by Elizabeth David verso, name of sitter pencilled at head of image, window-mounted, image 201 x 130mm., [?c.1930]; and a small quantity of others, David ephemera and photographs, including 9 'Gerard. Proofs of Leicester photographs', with autograph captions or notes, a scrap album relating to restaurants, and a manuscript menu for a remembrance picnic, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)